[Update a few minutes later]
Here come the bugs. We’ll own nothing, eat insects, and like it.
De-Aging
This guy lost me at the calorie-restricted vegan diet.
American Nomenklatura
What the Twitter files showed. An interesting history of content moderation.
Our Classified System
…is a joke. And yes, the Clinton case remains the most egregious miscarriage of justice in this sort of thing.
Gene Editing
I hope that this is just the first of many miracle cures.
Gerard Van Der Leun
Sadly, we’re apparently about to lose one of the great bloggers. If you’re the praying sort, spare some for him.
[Wednesday update]
Neo comes out.
I was not expecting that. My best wishes to both of them.
[Bumped]
Rubble Piles
Asteroids may be a bigger problem than we thought.
One thought: Weave a giant net out of space-sourced materials and consolidate it, then tow with a gravity tractor. Or hell, a gravity tractor would probably work without the net.
The Stranglehold Of Public-Employee Unions
Thoughts on how to end it.
Artificial Gravity
Last week’s Beyond Earth Institute seminar is on line.
The California Dream
How it became a nightmare.
I wanted to move to California ever since I was a kid in Michigan, and a few decades ago, I did. I still love the climate and the scenery, but the government, in both the coastal cities and Sacramento, is becoming more disastrous by the year.